UMC Breaks into 14nmNews & Analysis 7/27/2017 2 commentsUnited Microelectronics Corp., Taiwan’s second largest foundry, has started its first production of 14nm products, narrowing a technology gap with its larger competitors such as TSMC and Samsung.

Ions Power Machine-Human Interface DemoNews & Analysis 7/27/2017 Post a commentThe University of Maryland’s NanoCenter demonstrated an “inverted” battery that converts electrical signals into the ion power used by the human brain’s synapses to yield what it says is a perfect machine-to-human interface.

Startup Campus Beckons Int'l InventorsNews & Analysis 7/27/2017 1 commentFrom Shenzhen to New York and Silicon Valley, incubators are popping up, providing affordable space for entrepreneurs to build and nurture startups. Among them, what makes Station F — recently opened in Paris as the world’s largest startup campus — different?

IoT Growth Slower Than ExpectedNews & Analysis 7/25/2017 7 commentsAnalysts said that the Internet of Things will crack a billion units a year in 2019, slower than expected, as Andes rolled out four new IoT processor cores.

Semiconductor M&A Fervor Cools News & Analysis 7/25/2017 Post a commentThe value of semiconductor industry deals fell markedly in the first half of this year as the absence of "megadeals" brought down the total value of transactions, according to IC Insights.

Google Aims to Beat the BrainNews & Analysis 7/25/2017 7 commentsGoogle AI unit DeepMind aims to “solve intelligence” by decoding the algorithms and architectures of the brain. Has it underestimated the magnitude of the task?

Security a Must for Auto GbE SwitchNews & Analysis 7/24/2017 1 commentBringing popular Ethernet technology to cars seems like a natural progression. But here's why in the auto world, a regular GbE switch won’t work, and even 1000BASE-T1 might not cut it for autonomous cars.

Qualms Becalm Qualcomm at Quarter’s EndNews & Analysis 7/19/2017 2 commentsBad news keeps piling up for Qualcomm. The company lost an appeal in an EU court while in the USA, it faces fresh antitrust allegations by four Apple iPhone contractors. Will Qualcomm’s NXP acquisition be at risk?

Record Chip Content in Electronics ProjectedNews & Analysis 7/19/2017 Post a commentWith the memory chip market booming and electronic devices shipments forecast to be tepid, the value of the semiconductor content in those devices is expected to hit an all-time high, according to IC Insights.

Baidu's Voice Exec Speaks OutNews & Analysis 7/17/2017 Post a commentThe Baidu engineer in charge of its DuerOS group called for all-embedded Wi-Fi chip to pre-install software for its voice-activated cloud services.

Does NVMe Have a Place in Industrial Embedded and IoT?News & Analysis 7/17/2017 Post a commentNVMe was considered overkill for industrial embedded designs as storage-capacity demands didn't justify the performance at the expense of power consumption, but that's changing as the data industrial IoT products are collecting grows exponentially

TSMC Logs First 10nm SalesNews & Analysis 7/13/2017 5 commentsTSMC said that 10 nm accounted for one percent of its overall revenue during the second quarter of this year. In March, Samsung announced its first 10-nm products, including the company’s Exynos 8895 SoC and Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835.

Sensors, Blockchains Meet TomatoesNews & Analysis 7/12/2017 13 commentsWhen Amazon announced the Whole Foods acquisition, Alice Waters defined its significance as a chance for Jeff Bezos to launch a food revolution. Elements of basic technology are here. What would it take to pull off such a massive change?